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June 26, 2007

Task force on DOT contracts: Binders, but no report

PROVIDENCE -- The task force assembled by Governor Carcieri to review contracting practices of the state Department of Transportation had a June 22 deadline that has come and gone.

The governor's office has released four binders containing copies of contracts and rules and regulations, but the team was called off before it could complete a report and did not produce one.

The task force was told to stop on June 15 and turn everything over to state police.

Earlier this month, Carcieri said he asked the task force he assembled in May -- in response to news accounts of "outrageous'' overhead payments to contractors for staff, such as the now infamous $102,858 typist -- to "turn over to the state police and the U.S. Attorney's Office any documents related to DOT contracts.''

The governor said the Federal Highway Administration has also promised to "begin a review.''

More in tomorrow's Providence Journal and on projo.com ...

-- With reports from Katherine Gregg of the Journal State House Bureau and Journal archival reports

Posted by Mike McKinney  at 6:42 PM | Permalink

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